Contributed by the Tribology Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF TRIBOLOGY. Manuscript received April 1, 2018; final manuscript received October 15, 2018; published online November 21, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Yi Zhu.

Abstract

In this work, layered ternary Cr2AlC powders with high purity and a size of 0.5–1 μm were synthesized by solid-state reaction method. NiCr–Cr2AlC composites have been prepared by spark plasma sintering (SPS) process. The composites' tribological properties were evaluated against alumina ball under dry sliding condition from room temperature to 600 °C. Compared with unmodified NiCr alloy, Cr2AlC addition has an effect on reduction of friction coefficient of NiCr–Cr2AlC composites at the temperatures up to 400 °C. Especially, in comparison with NiCr alloy, the wear rates of NiCr–Cr2AlC composites significantly decrease from 10−4 mm3/(N·m) to 10−5–10−6 mm3/(N·m) from room temperature to 600 °C (except for 200 °C). The NiCr–20 wt % Cr2AlC composite exhibited excellent tribological properties with a friction coefficient of 0.3–0.4 and a wear rate of about 10−6 mm3/(N·m) from 400 °C to 600 °C. Through the analysis of scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscope (XPS), it is clarified that effective improvement of tribological properties of NiCr–Cr2AlC composites is attributed to a glaze layer consisting of NiO, Cr2O3, Al2O3, and NiCr2O4, which is formed by tribo-oxidation during wear process.

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